It's all eyes on the Bank of England's base rate as Capital Economics' prediction that it would peak at a lower than expected rate of 4.5 per cent was the most read story this week.
News that Alison Pallett had left Livemore to take up a role as sales director at Nottingham Building Society was also of interest this week.
As was a series of rates cuts made by lenders, supporting data from Moneyfacts which showed mortgage pricing had fallen to below six per cent for the first time in nearly two months.
Base rate to peak lower and in line with BoE – Capital Economics
Brokers say lenders ‘should be more like Coventry Building Society’ ‒ analysis
Calmer markets and huge bank profits should bring lower rates – Hunt
Nationwide follows sub-five per cent trend with raft of mortgage rate cuts
Santander lowers rates and scraps funds transfer fee
Know Your BDM: David Lockwood, Coventry Building Society
Alison Pallett exits Livemore for Nottingham BS – exclusive
Skipton BS launches limited edition mortgages
OBR mortgage rate predictions out of step with market data, says analyst
Five-year fixed rates fall below six per cent for first time since October – Moneyfacts
Shekina is the deputy editor at Mortgage Solutions and commercial editor at Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions. She has nearly eight years of experience in the B2B publishing market, having previously covered the hospitality, retail, pet, accounting and jewellery sectors.
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